Apple has never been about choice, its their way or the highway. Simple as that. If you want different solutions provided by others, then look towards Android. I'm not trying to sound harsh, but the fact is, Apple has always been a closed company that offers 1 maybe 2 ways of doing something and if you don't like that, you have to find another product that can.
why is that poor from, apple? They have long been directing its customers to subscription based solutions, whether its iCloud, or Apple Music. Its in Apple favor to offer a solution that requires a monthly subscription. They're not a charity, they're in business to make money and like the rest of the industry, they've adopted the subscription model. Don't get me wrong, I would love a free solution, but apple isn't about to give away something free when they have an opportunity to make money.
On the Time Machine front, remember back, when Apple charged a 125 dollars for an upgrade. They had to provide solutions to entice customers to pay for the upgrade. Time Machine was one of those things. So in a sense when TM was rolled out, they did that, so they could make money on OS X sales.
Honestly I believe you are off the mark in many of your points.
At home I use MacOS , Windows 10 , iOS and Android. I am well aware of what they each offer and because of this I use the different OS's for different tasks.
Not providing a basic function for a device is poor form, specially when it's an important issue.
Are you trying to imply that I am a beggar because I disagree with the way Apple handles iOS backups? Buddy you need to work on your communication skills.
Backups are extremely important if one values their work and being tied to a cloud service (paid or not) is shortsighted and poor.
I have worked on islands where internet coverage was spotty at best and a cloud solution was simply not an option.
If I wanted to use an iPad as my sole device, in a situation like this, then I would like to have a way to back it up regularly.
Having an extremely portable device that also has good battery life,like the iPad, is a good option for these situations, however there is also the need to back up the work and this is when a standalone backup would be appreciated.
Without the possibility to back up the iPad one is forced to take a laptop which is less energy efficient in some cases (I know of the existence of the MacBook).
So in my opinion, providing a single option for people who want to use or travel with only the iPad is both very poor form and secondly shortsighted, because as much as we would like to believe otherwise, internet coverage isn't available on every inch of the planet. Cell phone coverage either. That is why Sat phones are a necessity in some places and a standalone backup method would be very useful.
I like apple products, I like Microsoft products and I like goggle products, they all serve a purpose and each have their own strengths and weaknesses.
Backing up data is a universal concern and cloud services are not the holy grail, they serve a purpose and are useful in their own right, however they can and should not be trusted as the only solution.
